Surya Namaskar By Wikipedia, Surya Namaskar ( Sanskrit : सूर्यनमस्कार IAST : Sūrya Namaskār ), Salute to the Sun or Sun Salutation , is a practice in yoga as exercise incorporating a sequence of some twelve gracefully linked asanas The asana sequence originated in the Hatha Yoga tradition on 9th century in India. The basic sequence involves moving from a standing position into Downward and Upward Dog poses and then back to the standing position, but many variations are possible. The set of 12 asanas is dedicated to the vedic-hindu solar deity Surya . In some Indian traditions, the positions are each associated with a different mantra . Etymology and origins This article contains Indic text . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks or boxes , misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Bhawanrao Shriniwasrao Pant Pratinidhi provided this double-page guide to Surya Namaskar at the back of